The Plan That Went Wrong(Notes)

Notes for essay.

Paragraph 1
•“Wake up"
• I roused(woke up)- brother - from - sleep (slumber)
• "Do you remember who is coming today?
• Frowned - remembered
• Mun Kee - annoying irritating (irksome) - nine-year-old cousin - stayed - house - a week
• Played - pranks - frequently
• Wanted to get revenge
• Needed a plan
( a ) Frown(verb) - to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above
your eyes , often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are
annoyed ,worried, sad or thinking hard:
• She frowned herself at me, clearly annoyed.
• He frowned as he read the instructions , as if puzzled.
 
( b ) Irksome(adjective) - annoying
• My irksome boss is driving me insane.
 
( c ) Revenge(noun) - harm that you do to something as a punishment for harm that a person
has done to you:
• He had been seeking a chance for revenge against those who had treated him badly.
• She took/got/exacted (her) revenge on him for leaving her by smashing up his car.
 
I took my revenge on Peter for treating me badly by posting his ugly photos.
 
I took my revenge on Peter.
I took my revenge on Peter for treating me badly.
I took my revenge on Peter for treating me badly by posting his ugly photos.
 
Paragraph 2
• - giggled - "I have a great idea!"
• Mischievous grin - face
• Waited - until - father - mother - left - house
• Father - had to complete - work - office - mother - market - ingredients - dinner
• Mun Kee - arrived - 4:30 pm - twenty minutes - to prepare - everythings
• Climbed - stool - to get - a box of flour - cupboard
• Rummaged - drawer - old plastic container
• Opened - box - flour - tore(ripped) - open - plastic mug
• Filled - container - flour
（a)rummaged to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into,
under and behind them
• She rummaged in all the drawers, looking for a pen
 
Paragraph 3
• "Hurry!" She will arrive soon!"
• - left - front door - slightly open(ajar) - Mun Kee - to enter
• Brother - climbed - stool - placed - plastic container - on top -
• Climbed down - hid - stool - wiped - sweaty(clammy) hands - shorts
• Going to - give her a taste of her own medicine
• smile happily(triumphantly)
(a) ajar - if a door is ajar, it is slightly open
• We left the door ajar so that we could hear what they were saying.
 
(b)give someone a taste of their own medicine - give someone bad treatment that they had
given to others
• Let us give them a taste of their own medicine then perhaps they may have a less arrogant
attitude.
 
Paragraph 4
• heard - footsteps - held - breath
• Door - pushed - plastic container - fell - landed on - someone's head
• wasn't Mun Kee! - gasped - saw - father - standing - hair - white - sweaty face - covered - flour
• "What is this?" - father - bellowed
• apoplectic with rage / apoplectic with fury -
• Volcano - going to erupt
• Mun Kee - walked - house
• Flabbergasted/ shocked/ stunned - what happened
(a) apoplectic(adjective) - extremely and obviously angry
• He was apoplectic with rage/fury.

(b) gasp(verb) - to take a short, quick breath through the mouth,especially because

of surprise, pain or shock
• When she saw the money hidden in box she gasped in surprise.
• “Help me !" he gasped.
• When he collasped on stage, the audience gasped.
 
Paragraph 5
• "We wanted to prank Mun Kee because she always pranks us, "I explained.
• Father - scolded(reprimanded/berated) - us - "What if she looked up and the flour got into his
eyes? You two are older and should know better than to carry out such a silly act!"
• Stared - ground - apologised your faces turn as red as a beetroot - embarrassed
• Father - told - should treat - each other - well - should not play - pranks - each other
• Three of us - promised - turn over a new leaf
• Walked (strode) away - Mun Kee - offered - to help - to clean up -
• Became closer
(a) reprimanded(verb) - to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them
• She was reprimanded by her teacher for biting another girl.
 
(b) stride(verb）- to walk somewhere quickly with long steps:
• She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
• He stroke across into/out of the room.
 
 
The Plan That Went Wrong(Essay)
"Wake up, brother!" said Lily. Last Sunday, I roused my brother from his slumber. "Do
you remember who is coming today?" I asked my brother.  My brother frowned at me, he
remembered that the nine-year-old-cousin would stay at our house for a week. She is called
Mun Kee and she likes to play pranks. Therefore , we wanted to take revenge on her.
However, we needed to have a plan.
 
     I got the giggles as I have a great idea! I had a mischievous grin on my face. I waited
patiently until my father and mother left the house. My father had to complete his work in his
office until late and my mother had to go to the market and buy some ingredients for dinner.
Mun Kee called my father before and told him that she would arrive at 4:30 pm. Now it was
4:10 pm, we only had 20 minutes to prepare everything. I rummaged through the drawer to
look for an old plastic container. My brother opened a box of flour and scooped the flour into
the container with a plastic mug.
 
     "Hurry!" She will arrive soon!" My brother climbed up onto a stool and placed the plastic
container at the top of the door. We left the door slightly open. After that, he quickly climbed
down, hid the stool and wiped his sweaty hands. We were going to give Mun Kee a taste of
her own medicine so we smiled happily and waited for Mun Kee.
 
    Suddenly, we heard footsteps and held our breath. The door was pushed and the plastic
container fell and landed on someone's head. Unfortunately, It wasn't Mun Kee! We gasped
and saw father standing in front of the door and his hair was all white and the sweaty face
was covered with flour. "What is this!" my father bellowed us apoplectic with rage. He was
like a volcano hat was going to erupt, my father scolded us severely for our bad behavior.
Mun Kee walked into the house and was flabbergasted at what had happened in the house.
 
     "We wanted to prank Mun Kee because she always pranks us," I explained. Father scolded
us , "What if she looked up and the flour got into her eyes? You two are older and should
know better than to carry out such a silly act!" I stared at the ground and apologized to my
father. My face turned as red as a beetroot. Father told us we should treat each other well and
should not play pranks on each other. Three of us promised to turn over a new leaf. After
father walked away,   Mun Kee offered to help us to clean up. We became closer and
developed a friendly relationship with one another.